After six months without complaints, a Norwell pet daycare service is no longer a nuisance to neighbors.

A Fox and Hounds Pet Care, located at 12 Grove St., was ordered to continue operating under conditions set by Selectmen on Nov. 20 following a series of complaints of excessive barking from neighbors. The business, which serves an average of 70 dogs per day, opened in October 2013 and was keeping dogs outside as renovations were completed.

Rules set by Selectmen last year limited the numbers of dogs allowed outside at one time in pet care center’s 4,000-square-foot play area. The outdoor playgroups are limited to a dozen dogs and must be supervised by an employee at all times. Dogs are only allowed outside in groups from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or dusk, whichever comes first. Dogs judged to be excessive barkers, must also be brought inside immediately.

After six months operating under the selectmen’s rules, all but one of the three neighbors dropped complaints against the business.

“The current restrictions placed on A Fox & Hounds are acceptable to me and I do not wish to pursue a complaint at this time if current restrictions are to continue,” wrote Marynel Wahl, of 24 Grove St., in a letter to selectmen.

Another neighbor, Ramona Caruso of 30 Grove St., disagreed. She said she was not satisfied that barking dogs were being attended to and brought inside in a timely fashion and worried that the businesses was caring for dangerous dogs.

“I read the definition of nuisance, and in it, it also mentions safety,” said Caruso. “I do not feel safe with my grandchildren with the dogs that are being boarded there and I have to bring that up.”

Caruso admitted she never saw dogs from A Fox & Hounds running loose, but worried it could happen.

“It is not our place to anticipate something that may happen,” said Selectmen Chairman Ellen Allen during Wednesday night’s hearing on the nuisance complaint. “We can’t take action based on supposition, there are all sorts of dangers that might happen in the town, but that is beyond the purview of this board.”

A Fox & Hounds owner, Robin Fox, said that safety was a top priority at the business and offered to continue operating under the current stipulations.

“I have been abiding by all of the conditions and will keep doing so,” Fox said.

Selectmen decided Fox had complied with conditions it set forth in November and dismissed the nuisance complaints against her business, with the stipulation that current regulations stay in place.

“I believe it was a nuisance in the beginning wit the 70 or 80 dogs in the yard, but fact is that we are no longer getting complaints from the resident that is closest to the business. I think that’s what I have to take into consideration that this is satisfactory for them.”